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Anti-money laundering legislation…Not enough time to pass before deadline – APNU

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Anti-money laundering legislation…Not enough time to pass before deadline – APNU

– ‘Failure lies squarely on the shoulders of the PPP/C Administration’ Critical anti-money laundering legislation is unlikely to be passed before a deadline later this month, despite...

Roger Luncheon’s ‘cousin’ blocks construction of CPG outpost

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Roger Luncheon’s ‘cousin’ blocks construction of CPG outpost

…cops ‘scared’ to intervene A Vreed-en-Hoop businessman is taking the fight for a reserve to the police, the community policing group and even the Neighbourhood Democratic...

‘Kakabelly’ sent out to sea to rescue ‘Shark’

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on ‘Kakabelly’ sent out to sea to rescue ‘Shark’

A five-man crew is safe and sound after their vessel ‘Shark’ began encountering problems while at sea late Wednesday afternoon. The vessel, said to be owned by Maritime...

Vital bridge collapses in Rupununi

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Vital bridge collapses in Rupununi

The Moco-Moco Bridge, a key structure in Region Nine linking Lethem to St. Ignatius, collapsed under the weight of a truck transporting an excavator. The rear of the vehicle, with the...

Princess Hotel opens state-of-the-art movie theaters tomorrow

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Princess Hotel opens state-of-the-art movie theaters tomorrow

– Amazing 7D Rider Cinema to open soon By Rabindra Rooplall Princess Hotel & Casino is now boasting two state-of-the-art movie theaters that will be opened to the...

Arbitrators rules higher wages for GPL workers

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Arbitrators rules higher wages for GPL workers

…as arbitration tribunal presents report By Zena Henry Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) workers, who went on strike earlier this year, yesterday felt vindicated in their claims that the...

Dem boys seh…Kakabelly lef fuh look fuh Shark

May 17, 2013 KNews Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists, News Comments Off on Dem boys seh…Kakabelly lef fuh look fuh Shark

De police got a way of trying to please de public. When dem got a robbery dem does pick up any Tom, Dick and Harry Lall and announce how dem mek some arrest. De public does feel nice and dem...

West Indies Fullbore Shooting C/ships…Strong WI Team for Australia

May 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Fullbore Shooting C/ships…Strong WI Team for Australia

The West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council, yesterday afternoon following the completion of this year’s Fullbore Championships at the Paragon Ranges in Barbados, shortlisted a...

Transport Minister denies instruments were stolen from crashed aircraft

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Transport Minister denies instruments were stolen from crashed aircraft

Minister of Transport Robeson Benn has denied that any instruments could have been stolen from the American-registered aircraft which crashed into a Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara house over...

The polygraph and the insane power Guyanese accept

May 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on The polygraph and the insane power Guyanese accept

On a television programme with me on Channel 6 to discuss Jagdeo’s radio licence madness, Mr. Lincoln Lewis made the point that too many citizens supported the PPP Government only to find out later...

Govt ready to honour scholarship pledge to top performing students

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Govt ready to honour scholarship pledge to top performing students

Government is prepared to honour its commitment to the two top performing candidates of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate Examination (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency...

GECOM announces 27,000 registrants to date in fourth cycle

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on GECOM announces 27,000 registrants to date in fourth cycle

– Period ends tomorrow The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has registered approximately 27,000 new persons during the ongoing fourth cycle of registration and is aiming to...

West Indies Fullbore Shooting C/ships Short Range Match…Jamaica dethrones Guyana

May 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies Fullbore Shooting C/ships Short Range Match…Jamaica dethrones Guyana

By Franklin Wilson in Barbados Jamaica is the new Short Range Fullbore Kings of the Caribbean having dethroned Guyana at the Paragon Ranges yesterday when the West Indies Fullbore Shooting...

THE MIDDLE CLASS OF TODAY IS NOT THE SAME AS YESTERYEAR

May 17, 2013 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on THE MIDDLE CLASS OF TODAY IS NOT THE SAME AS YESTERYEAR

The middle class has never been a revolutionary class. As the custodian of the intellectual class, it has however been the main repository from which revolutionary leaders emerge. In the early...

Family Commission launches parenting initiative

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Family Commission launches parenting initiative

– anticipates sustained behavioural change “We cannot legislate for all the changes we want,” was the assertion of Chairman of the National Commission for the Family, Dr Kwame Gilbert, as...

Beaton, Hemraj delighted with HPC call up

May 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Beaton, Hemraj delighted with HPC call up

By Zaheer Mohamed Impressive fast bowler Ronsford Beaton and middle order batsman Chanderpaul Hemraj are the Guyanese players that recently gained selection for the Sagicor High Performance...

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ national playoffs launched

May 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ national playoffs launched

The national playoffs in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition is set to begin on May 24 with eight matches scheduled to be played on opening night, at the Banks DIH Parking...

Executed couple…Bodyguard, handyman among three detained

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Executed couple…Bodyguard, handyman among three detained

Police have detained three people, including a bodyguard and a handyman, in connection with the double-murder of businessman Totaram Mootoo and his wife Bhagmattie. The bodyguard is said to be...

Education Ministry mum about non-payment to literacy teachers

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Education Ministry mum about non-payment to literacy teachers

Literacy teachers across the country are at their wits’ end as the Ministry of Education continues to remain silent on its failure to pay them their monthly stipend, since the...

Indian cricketers arrested over spot-fixing allegations

May 17, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Indian cricketers arrested over spot-fixing allegations

BBC Sport – Three Indian cricketers have been arrested over allegations of spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League. The players – S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila...

On the shoals

May 17, 2013 KNews Editorial Comments Off on On the shoals

One year and six months after our last election, which was supposed to elect a new government to steer our ship of state, we are stuck with the three parliamentary parties fighting furiously to...

Project for upgrades of community grounds taking shape

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Project for upgrades of community grounds taking shape

Depressed community, Angoy’s Avenue, last week benefitted from a cash donation that was made by the New Building Society Ltd of New Amsterdam to assist in completing their playfield. Senior...

Bills in limbo…APNU mulls court action

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Bills in limbo…APNU mulls court action

– says AG should be replaced By Abena Rockcliffe Even as A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) acknowledges that “we’re in a season of unreasonableness”, the party has...

OP employee lands in court for alleged abuse of police rank

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on OP employee lands in court for alleged abuse of police rank

An employee of the Office of the President yesterday had a date with the court; accused of being abusive to a police rank when informed that she was in breach of a traffic law. Twenty-three...

IDB-funded study to analyse main sectors moving apace

May 17, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on IDB-funded study to analyse main sectors moving apace

– GMSA President Arrangements are currently being finalised for the implementation of a comprehensive Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded labour market intelligence study. This...

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The stakes are high in Guyana’s democracy

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- In any vibrant democracy, the mechanisms that bind it together are those that mediate differences,... more